Ingredients
12 burrito size flour tortillas
Black Bean filling
1 tablespoon vegetable or olive oil, 1 turn of the pan
1 jalapeno, seeded and chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
2 cans black beans, drained
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro, a palm full
1 teaspoon ground cumin, eyeball it in your palm
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper sauce
Coarse salt
!Chicken and Chorizo Filling
1 tablespoon vegetable or olive oil, 1 turn of the pan
3/4 pound boneless chicken breast tenders, diced
1 teaspoon dark chili powder
Coarse salt, to your taste
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
1/2 pound chorizo, casing removed and diced
Roasted Salsa
4 plum tomatoes
1 jalapeno pepper
1 small onion, peeled and cut across into 3 thick slices
3 or 4 sprigs fresh mint leaves
Handful cilantro leaves
Coarse salt
Green Onion Sour Cream:
2 cups sour cream
1 lime, juiced and zested
3 scallions, sliced
2 tablespoons cilantro leaves, a handful, optional - parsley can be substituted
Instructions
- Heat 2 nonstick skillets over medium high heat.
- In the first, add 2 tablespoons oil, jalapeno, garlic and onion for black beans.
- Saute 2 or 3 minutes, add beans and seasonings and cayenne pepper sauce.
- Reduce heat to low and simmer.
- In the second skillet, add oil and chicken.
- Season chicken with chili powder and salt and lightly brown the meat, 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add garlic, red peppers and chorizo and saute 5 to 6 minutes
- reduce heat to low.
- heat a skillet over high heat. Add whole tomatoes and a seeded jalapeno, skin side down, and the thick slices of onion. Allow the tomatoes, pepper and onion to char on all sides. Add blackened tomatoes, pepper and onions to a food processor. Pulse grind the salsa with mint and cilantro leaves. Season salsa with coarse salt.
- by holding them over hot burner 15 seconds on each side. If you do not have gas burners, heat your dry skillet you used for salsa and cook tortillas 1 at a time in the pan 15 seconds on each side.
- Combine all ingredients in a food processor and process until the sour cream is pale green and scallions are finely chopped. Serve with burritos.
For salsa
Char and soften tortillas
Green Onion Sour Cream: